Senator Specter is working with Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-DE) on this "fair" piece of legislation: the Justice Integrity Act. Although unfairness in our justice system most likely exists under some circumstances, it is important to remember that the greatest reason a large number of black Americans are inprisoned is because a break down of the family in black neighborhoods, poor education in inner cities, and a willingness to not accept personal responsibility.
The fact is that in order to decrease the number of black Americans in jail is to revitalize the family in black communities, provide better educational and social networks in inner city school systems, and an acceptance that past travesties like slavery and segregation are regrettable, yet behind us.
Instead, Senator Specter and Biden would much prefer to call the justice system racist and attempt to show a correlation between the high rate of imprisonment among black Americans and racism in the system.
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